“The U.S. Treasury Department denied credentials to journalists from The New York Times, Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal for this week’s Group of 20 finance meeting in North Carolina,” The Wrap reports.

“Republican campaign groups – supported by the Trump administration – asked the Supreme Court on Monday to let them purchase television advertising at discounted rates, handing the nation’s highest court another emergency appeal that could influence the outcome of this year’s midterm elections,” CNN reports. “The quick-turn appeal follows a series of high-profile decisions from […]

“Kalshi said on Monday that it would ban former Republican Rep. George Santos from using its platform for life after a federal regulator alleged that the ex-congressman made more than $17,000 by placing bets on his attendance at President Trump’s State of the Union address,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “In addition to the ban, […]

“Donald Trump has vowed more attacks on Iran after the warring countries exchanged fire for the first time in more than a month, sending oil prices up 3 percent,” the Financial Times reports. “The U.S. president issued a warning on Monday hours after Tehran fired missiles at American assets in Jordan in response to an […]

NBC News: “For more than a decade, one of Trump’s greatest strengths has been the devotion of his base — voters who were reluctant to criticize him and quick to defend him in public settings. Many of them have lost or strained friendships with their vehement support and insistence that he is virtually infallible.” “But […]

The Atlantic: “In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, along the equator, scientists have drawn a box. It’s a big box, two-thirds the size of China, yet hardly anyone lives inside it. This rectangular swath of open ocean is monitored by satellites and a network of moored buoys that measure minute changes in the temperature […]

Quinta Jurecic: “The conservative legal movement doesn’t consider the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to be the final word on the Fourteenth Amendment. And it already has a playbook for overturning it.”

“The House is scheduled to return Monday from a five-week summer recess with a top priority of avoiding a government shutdown before the midterm elections,” NBC News reports. “The House will only be in session for four days this week and will return again on Sept. 14, after Labor Day, when the Senate will also […]

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“Democrats are seen as the overwhelming favorite to win back the House in just over two months. They aren’t looking to leave anything to chance,” Bloomberg reports. “At least a couple dozen House Democrats are defending purplish districts this fall, and even more blue candidates are vying to flip Republican-held seats.” “Democratic groups’ ad spending […]

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) is using AI-generated videos of his challenger, Rebecca Cooke (D), including fake video of her ordering “peasants” to support her candidacy, Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

“Asian leaders including the heads of China, India, and Russia gather for a summit today as Beijing tries to expand its regional influence,” Semafor reports. “The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation members will meet in Kyrgyzstan to discuss energy and security, both of which have taken on new regional significance since the start of the U.S.-Israel war […]

“One of the largest pro-AI groups involved in the midterm elections announced a new effort Monday aimed at shifting public opinion on data centers as they have become a flashpoint in the battle for control of Congress and state and local governments,” NBC News reports. “The effort includes an initial multimillion-dollar ad campaign in Kansas, […]

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) told Fox News that Senate Republicans hadn’t budgeted a ton of money for Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign in Texas and they would instead rely on President Trump.

“Republicans say their party will need to do a lot of soul searching to find its direction before President Trump leaves office in 2029, something that is coming into sharper focus with the approaching midterm election and the realization that Trump will soon become a lame duck,” NewsNation reports. “GOP strategists and political experts say […]

“Top economic policymakers from many of the world’s wealthiest nations begin two days of meetings on Monday in Asheville, N.C. at an incredibly challenging moment. Global inflation is high, growth is choked by war in the Middle East, and rising borrowing costs are straining government budgets,” the New York Times reports. “But on the eve […]

“As the nation prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, may be facing the risk of renewed scrutiny and fresh political attack,” CBS News reports. “El-Sayed is a leader of a new crop of candidates from a wing of his party that opposed […]

John Cassidy: “In principle, it’s easier to estimate the economic costs of the war; in practice, the task is far from straightforward. Even if the calculation is restricted to the United States, you first have to count the military outlays on things such as munitions, additional troop deployments, and repairing the extensive damage that Iranian […]

“The United Arab Emirates’ air force intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters Monday, the Defense Ministry said, an attack that comes after the United States and Iran exchanged fire on the weekend, the first significant military action in a month,” the Associated Press reports.

“Profits are booming at America’s biggest companies—and their leaders say that likely won’t change soon,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Chalk the good times up to a confluence of fortunate events: red-hot artificial-intelligence spending, federal spending and the windfall companies are getting in the form of refunds of some of their past tariff payments. Plus, […]

Ed Kilgore: “At the age of 39, Ossoff would appear to have a long career ahead of him, wherever it leads. But aside from his own reelection to the Senate, which isn’t at all in the bag just yet (recall that Trump carried Georgia by 115,000 votes in 2024), he may be called upon to […]

“The Trump administration is working to cut global health funding to developing nations by tens of billions of dollars by 2030, according to a new analysis of the secretive agreements U.S. officials have pursued with more than a dozen governments to date,” the Washington Post reports. “The planned cuts — targeting programs that combat the […]

“Xi Jinping will be clocking up air miles this week, zipping from Beijing to Bishkek to Cairo and back,” Bloomberg reports. “It’s part of a diplomatic push designed to increase the Chinese leader’s influence just as that of President Donald Trump slides, with his ‘America First’ approach riling much of the globe.” “On display will […]

“Russia has turned to a terrifying new tactic in its assaults on Ukraine, launching nonstop waves of armed drones in recent days into busy areas of the capital, Kyiv. The relentless attacks have left residents exhausted and on edge as air raid sirens bellow nearly constantly,” the New York Times reports. “With Moscow firing drone […]

“Republicans and Democrats are fighting over working class voters. Americans don’t believe the rhetoric,” Politico reports. “Fifty-five percent of Americans think politicians are just trying to win votes when they say they will help the working class, according to new results from The Politico Poll. It’s a view held by majorities of people who voted […]

“Israel’s Shin Bet security agency says it urgently evacuated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s oldest son from the United States due to a threat against him,” Politico reports.

“President Trump posted an AI-generated video Sunday evening of what he said was Iran’s oil export hub of Kharg Island being ‘blown to smithereens’ hours after the first American airstrikes targeting the Islamic Republic since July,” the New York Post reports. “Trump, 80, did not clarify that the 10-second clip on his Truth Social account […]

“Afghanistan is offering the U.S. access to mineral resources, in an overture to the Trump administration as the de facto Taliban government pitches for relief from sanctions and the release of frozen assets to support one of the world’s poorest countries,” the Financial Times reports. “The bid for investment comes as the Taliban has stepped […]

“Election officials in nearly half the states are warning the courts that implementing the U.S. Postal Service’s new mail ballot rule would cause significant turmoil in their plans for the midterm elections, with plenty of signs voters would lose their chance to vote,” NOTUS reports. “In declarations filed in a lawsuit seeking to halt the […]

“America’s grocery squeeze has thus far been most painfully felt in a few expensive categories, like beef, coffee and chocolate,” Axios reports. “Now, the forces pushing up food prices are starting to pile up: expensive grain, soaring fertilizer and fuel, plus unpredictable weather and raging wars.” ”The next grocery price shock could hit much harder […]